u/GlacielTide

I have surgery monday morning 🥳 But the sunday after is an oddities expo that I want to attend with my friend 😭 So, just over a week of recovery time.

What was your experience with recovery, in particular pain and fatigue? Based on the following information, what do you think are the chances I'd be able to go out to the expo?

I will be having keyhole surgery with nipple grafts and chest contour.

Ive had abdomen surgeries before and recovered quite quickly (including going out to an escape room a week later). But Ive never had a chest surgery before, so Im not sure if recovery time will be the same.

The expo has a sitting area and will not be overly crowded. My friend knows Im having surgery and will be fine to stop and rest if I need it. And will be there to scold me if Im overextending myself.

I'm not too concerned about 'dino arms' cause I more want to see cool things and hang out than buy and carry them home. But I also could not be understanding how limiting they are.

Thank you!

I'm looking for fictional children's books/media that have whimsical explanations for ways nature works, preferably featuring fairies or other folklore creatures. Basically, if they're a fantastical guy with a fantastical 9-5, send them my way.

Some examples include:

- The Tinkerbell books+movies, with how the fairies are responsible for changing the seasons

- The Rupert Bear comics, which sometimes feature forest elves helping the forest operate from underground

- Epic (2013), not a book but has anthropomorphized plants and bugs, and leafmen, who protect the forest from rot and decay.

Thanks!

Edit: I'm more so looking for societies that help nature operate 'behind the scenes', rather than anthropomorphizations of things or what animals are secretly getting up to.